I am offended by your article referring to Michelle Wilkins’ child as her “fetus.” How disrespectful. Believe me, Michelle did not think of her child as a fetus. At seven months along, her child had a beating heart and a brain and would have lived if delivered months under normal circumstances. The child was Michelle’s daughter. Do any of us refer to the growing child within us as “the fetus”? No, he or she is our son or daughter and loved as soon as we know that child is on the way. I lost a child at 14 weeks along and he will always be my third son, a son I named Stephen. He was not a “fetus.” He was my beloved child.

Sue Pawlik,Centennial

This letter was published in the March 26 edition.

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to a crowd gathered at Liberty University to announce his presidential candidacy on Monday in Lynchburg, Va. (Mark Wilson, Getty Images)

Now that Ted Cruz is the first official presidential candidate for 2016, I am waiting to hear from all those who protested President Obama’s election because they were convinced he wasn’t born in the U.S.

We now have a candidate who clearly was born in another country, Canada, but there doesn’t seem to be any protest from the far right about his candidacy.

Cruz’s mother is a natural born citizen while his father was born in Cuba. President Obama’s mother was a natural born citizen and his father was from Kenya. And the difference is Obama was actually born in Hawaii.

So, birthers, now you have a legitimate protest, so let’s hear it.

Teri Sinopoli,Denver

This letter was published in the March 26 edition.

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Construction crews clean the work site at the new Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora in December. The VA on Tuesday revised its estimate of how much it expects the project will cost: $1.73 billion. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post)

As I look at the partially finished VA hospital in Aurora, one thing is obvious to me. The design was flawed from the beginning. I see at least four buildings standing side by side and linked by walkways. Any construction official with minimal experience would have known that this is immensely more expensive to build than a single building or perhaps two buildings. Why? Four buildings require more exterior walls than one.

The VA allowed such a mistake in the beginning, pointing out the total mismanagement in that organization.

Our veterans deserve a new hospital. Our Congress and public officials must find a way to complete the VA facility in Aurora. Abandonment is not an option. Future projects must be managed better.

Bob Bamford,Aurora

This letter was published in the March 25 edition.

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Federal lawmakers discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs budget during a congressional hearing on March 4. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

During my orthopedic surgeon training, I worked at three different Veterans Affairs hospitals. I enjoyed working with veterans, but these VA hospitals were horribly inefficient and wasteful.

Want to see what a single-payer health care system would look like? Go to a VA hospital and watch as veterans wait months to see a provider, wait months or years to have surgery, and sadly end up with substandard care.

Today, I appreciate working in non-VA hospitals where staff are motivated to provide the best of care to patients and do so in an efficient and timely fashion.

Veterans deserve the highest level of care, while taxpayers deserve a government that spends their hard-earned dollars wisely. The VA health care system should be shut down, and veterans provided with Cadillac health care plans free of charge. This would result in huge savings while providing vets with great care.

Rick Cunningham, M.D.,Edwards

This letter was published in the March 25 edition.

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U.S. Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies during a Jan. 28 committee hearing on her confirmation. (The Associated Press)

Sen. Dick Durbin is accusing the Republican Party of making Loretta Lynch “sit in the back of the bus” regarding her confirmation as U.S. attorney general. He has to bring race into this? It’s just politics — nothing else. Sen. Durbin did not vote to confirm Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state, or Janice Rogers Brown for the U.S. court of appeals — both black. Did he want them pushed to the back of the bus also?

Gregg Pearson,Bailey

This letter was published in the March 25 edition.

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Students take a yoga class at a CorePower studio in Denver on Aug. 7, 2014. (Andy Cross, Denver Post file)

The Colorado legislature is considering a bill that would exempt yoga teacher training schools from the Private Occupational School Act of 1981. It will strip consumer protection to those taking yoga teacher training, diminish the integrity of the yoga teacher training, and harm the students of yoga who count on a reliable process for yoga teachers that ensure their safety in classes.

As difficult as it is to get consumer protection regulation passed, it is counterproductive to remove consumer protection that has already been legislated. This bill has other unintended consequences. By removing one type of occupational school from oversight, other occupational schools will now have the same slippery slope to request removal from regulation oversight.

While the other issues surrounding this discussion have merit, this is not the way to resolve those other issues. Eradicating consumer protection is not what is in the best interests of the citizens of this state.

Sandy Kline,Arvada

This letter was published in the March 25 edition.

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House Bill 1259 would allow Colorado residents to collect up to 100 gallons of rainwater from their rooftops in a single-family residence or a multifamily residence with four or fewer units. (Thinkstock)

Kudos to state Rep. Lori Saine, R-Dacono, for her courage in breaking with others in her party to support what she described as “common sense” legislation to allow Colorado residents to collect rainwater from their roofs. It is ironic that Republicans in the legislature, ever vigilant to protect their constituents from government intrusion and regulations — such as reasonable measures to require background checks for the purchase of firearms and limits to magazine capacity for weapons — should oppose the collection of precipitation from one’s own roof.

Rainwater is preferable to tapwater for irrigation purposes because it is obviously free, eliminates the cost of water treatment, and often contains desirable nitrogen compounds as a result of the nitrogen-fixing effects of lightning during thunderstorms. However, for conservative lawmakers, high-capacity drums are only acceptable if they contain lethal ammunition rather than nutrient-rich rainwater.

Frank Tapy,Denver

This letter was published in the March 24 edition.

I would suggest our state legislature’s time could be better spent conducting the important business of the state of Colorado, as opposed to fussing about rain and rain barrels. Where are their priorities and the “common sense” mentioned in the article?

Having tried to collect rain for two years, I can assure you it is not worth the trouble for the modest amount of water that can be collected. I sincerely doubt there would be enough collectors to make a dent in our ecosystem. In addition, it would simply be an unenforceable law.

Lawrence E. Barnes,Littleton

This letter was published in the March 24 edition.

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The “Newspeak”-type language that has to be used because of Colorado law is chilling to the bone. A baby that dies after being ripped from its mother’s womb wasn’t really alive unless it took a breath of air? So how do you kill something that is not alive? Why is it not a human being until it takes one gulp of air?
Wake up, Colorado — a beating heart in an unborn child is proof enough that it is a living human being whether it is in the womb or not.

John Pickard,Lakewood

This letter was published in the March 24 edition.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that a letter from Republican lawmakers warning that any nuclear deal could be scrapped by the next U.S. president is a sign of “disintegration” in Washington. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Stephen L. Carter is wrong to condemn as a “silly stunt” the GOP’s letter to Iran expressing displeasure over the pending nuke deal. But he’s right in arguing that Iran has every incentive to dismiss the GOP’s effort to derail negotiations.

If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is correct, the deal between Iran and the international community stipulates that after 10 years, all prohibitions on upgrading Iran’s nuclear enrichment capability will be withdrawn. At that time, sanctions will no longer exist to block their path to a bomb.

President Obama’s strategy of slowing down — but not permanently halting — Iran’s enrichment beyond what’s strictly required for peaceful purposes gives peace a chance for the remainder of Obama’s presidency, but will force a future president to consider military strikes as the only remedy for preventing Iran from launching nukes at Israel and the West.

The GOP’s letter merely recognizes the potential folly of our short-sighted negotiations, and endorses continued robust sanctions against Iran. A military option must be the last resort, but it must never be taken off the table.

Mark David Travis,Lakewood

This letter was published in the March 23 edition.

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Northwestern’s Christen Inman defends against Arkansas’ Jessica Jackson during the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament on Friday in Waco, Texas. (Tony Gutierrez, The Associated Press)

March says: Basketball fans get ready — March Madness is here! So it was exciting to see the men’s pairings in last Monday’s Denver Post. But what happened to the women’s? The men got a half-page grid showing all the games, complete with color coding. The women got a listing in small print at the bottom of an inside page the next day. What gives? I have been disappointed each March, since moving to Denver, with The Post’s lack of coverage of women’s basketball. Surely you can do better.

Andrea West,Centennial

This letter was published in the March 23 edition.

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